I am formally submitting this complaint regarding an extremely disturbing sanitation incident that occurred at the following Bojangles location during Mother's Day weekend 2026:
Bojangles
Store Number: #000998
6922 GA Highway 85
Riverdale, Georgia 30274
Phone: (770) 907 3572
Date of Visit: 05/11/2026
Time of Transaction: Approximately 10:21 AM
Cashier Listed on Receipt: Gabrielle
Check Number: 165827
Total Purchase Amount: $25.13
My order included:
Two steak biscuits with egg and American cheese
Dirty rice
Three wings and biscuit
Large Pepsi
I am visiting Georgia from Arizona for Mother's Day weekend and stopped at this Bojangles location expecting a normal breakfast experience. What I witnessed instead was one of the most unsanitary and revolting experiences I have witness in a fastfood place.
While standing at the front register placing my order, the cashier identified as Gabrielle suddenly spit a thick mass of green mucus directly into her gloved hand while staring at me and continuing to take my order.
Please understand...this wasnt a small cough clearing her throat. The phlegm was thick, green, wet, fibrous, and stringy to the point that it stretched like melted cheese from her mouth into her hand. It looked infected.
What made the situation even more disturbing was that she momentarily continued speaking to me while still holding the bolus of green mucous in her gloved hand. As she talked, remnants of nasty phlegm around and beneath her mouth and appeared to hang and drip while she continued interacting with me face to face at the register.
tIt took a few seconds for me to process my thinking from thinking "IKYFL" to being responding civilly because I could not believe this was happening openly in front of customers in a restaurant serving food to the public.
She could clearly tell from my expression that I was shocked. Her response was casual. She stated something to the effect of, "Well, you know, I wanted to come up here and help y'all and get y'all order." (Prior to ordering there was a wait, for me and two other customers and I I asked the drive through clerk was their someone at the front counter)
Then, instead of immediately washing her hands or sanitizing herself, she removed the glove containing the mucus and placed that glove directly into her pocket.
At that point everything was happening so fast that I was still trying to process what I had just witnessed while completing the transaction because I didn't want to come off as rude and confrontational. So, I paid for the food, but the entire interaction felt surreal.
I then specifically asked her, "Are you going to wash your hands?"
Gabrielle said " I'm not making your food so it doesn't matter". I was relieved that she wasn't but still disturbed.
Shortly after, she went to the restroom. After returning, she went directly behind the counter participated in preparing the very food I was about to eat. (Actually wrapping the sandwiches) Even after previously telling me she was not the person making the food.
That detail disturbed me more than anything else and for this reason the event just replayed over and over in my mind.
I had just watched this employee openly spit thick green mucus into her hand at the register, continue speaking while mucus residue remained around her mouth, place the contaminated glove into her pocket, dismiss concerns about handwashing, and then return to prepare my breakfast food anyway.
So for this reason, I completely lost confidence in the sanitation standards of this establishment.
I initially took the order and walked toward the door trying to convince myself not to overreact, but the image of that green mucus stretching from her mouth into her hand while she stood there handling customer transactions is something I genuinely cannot unsee.
I requested the manager.
Gabrielle initially stated that the manager was busy in the back office counting down a drawer. I told her directly that I wanted the manager brought out immediately.
The manager, Nicole, eventually came out and sat with me in the dining area while I explained exactly what had occurred. Nicole apologized for the event with Gabreille, and refunded me my money.
I appreciate that the manager handled the situation respectfully, but my concern goes far beyond one refunded meal.
My concern is that if an employee feels completely comfortable openly expelling thick green mucus into their hand directly in front of customers and genuinely does not seem to understand why that behavior is horrifying inside a food establishment, then what exactly is happening behind the counter when customers cannot see?
This location reportedly maintains an "A" health rating, yet what I personally witnessed was behavior completely inconsistent with basic food safety, sanitation, illness prevention, and public health standards.
I reported this to the local health department read more